Posted on 04/23/2016 3:50:46 PM PDT by drewh
Prince's former drug dealer has revealed the full extent of the late-star's secret drug addiction - telling how the superstar was hooked on powerful opiates for over 25 years.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Online, the performer's long-time dealer - who asked to be named only as Doctor D - revealed the singer would spend up to $40,000 a time on six-month supplies of Dilaudid pills and Fentanyl patches - both highly addictive opioid pain killers.
Prince, who was found dead on Thursday at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was secretly cremated in an intimate ceremony at a nondescript funeral home in Minneapolis shortly after an autopsy was completed on Friday, Radar reports.
Prince's sister Tyka Nelson and another family member reportedly spent a few minutes saying goodbye at the First Memorial Waterston Chapel before the musician was cremated.
His death came just days after sources claimed he overdosed on the opiate Percocet.
Doctor D said the musician, who he described as 'majorly addicted', regularly bought drugs from him between 1984 and 2008.
The dealer, often to the stars, said Prince suffered crippling stage fright and could not get on stage and perform without the drugs - but had a phobia of doctors so could not obtain a prescription legally. Tragically, Doctor D suggests it could have been a physician that unknowingly contributed to Prince's death - by prescribing strong pain killers to the singer for his hip condition without knowing the extent of his secret opiate addiction.
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So the wealthiest among us have the highest rates of drug addiction?
Do you have any stats to back that up?
“Logic is not your strong suit.”
You don’t get it do you? Try to think outside the box instead of the consensus, you might learn something along the way.
“Making it legal would open up an even larger black market”
I’m gonna give you a hint ... think of the word “Acceptable”
I’ll give you some time to expand your horizon of thought. :)
Medical schools on both sides of the Atlantic are lining up for first crack at Richards cadaver when he dies—assuming he does.
And actors and comedians, and too few politicians and billionaires.
why beaten?
Maybe creativity costs a hefty price, but I’ve written some good song without narcotics and many guys I know have written GREAT songs without.
But like I said before, I did usually get pretty dam drunk while playing drums in a band.
you think the Greeks had rockers who were addicted to anything? :)
Prince was cremated Friday.
Looks like percocets were just what Drug Warrior Grand Kleagles here would refer to as a gateway drug
Dilaudid is major dope..,William Burroughs would approve
Fentanyl patches are strong but low on euphoria
Pain killers are legal
Go back to your weed worries
People wasting their lives.
As I said, attempting further intelligent conversation with you is impossible.
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‘As I said, attempting further intelligent conversation with you is impossible.’
Too bad...the first sign of a loser is a closed mind
Dilaudid is phamaceutical heroin. So strong, it is typically only prescribed for kidney stones or other excruciating pain. Young people crush the pills and snort them.
Also makes no sense given that police said they found "massive" numbers of pills at his Paisley Park residence after responding to the 911 call and EMS failing to revive him.
I guess the dirt peddlers need to peddle their dirt even after the person has died - got to ride a star’s coattails all the way to hell for “the story”.
Funny, when you read the history of the legal opium trade in China not a single one of those things is true which is why the government moved to outlaw it only to have the Brits use their military to force the Chinese to keep it legal.
You may take our lives but you will never take our freedom!
For the first little while, the media acted like whitney houston had died or something and THEN...............It comes out that Prince was supposedly a hard core Conservative and a Republican, and here comes the stories on what a dirt bag he was.
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